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ystem of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. -- Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. -- Cartesion oval (Geom.), a cur…

A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.

To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. "To carve a capon." Shak.

A small fissure which admits water to the workings. Knight.

A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.

A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track.

A small country house.

s headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.

A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. The little casket bring me hither. Shak.

A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull.

A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird,…

Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.

A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.

A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

A small castle. Leland.

See Caster, a small wheel.

le, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See Cratch, Cratch cradle. -- To let the cat out of the bag, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully.…

One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.

A forked stick with elasti band for throwing small stones, etc.